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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt')
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1 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt index 1d1d53f85ddd..bf03fe49f1ce 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt @@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ address. The serial port must already be setup and configured. Options are not yet supported. - earlyprintk= [X86,SH,BLACKFIN,ARM,M68k,S390] + earlyprintk= [X86,SH,ARM,M68k,S390] earlyprintk=vga earlyprintk=efi earlyprintk=sclp @@ -1347,10 +1347,6 @@ If specified, z/VM IUCV HVC accepts connections from listed z/VM user IDs only. - hwthread_map= [METAG] Comma-separated list of Linux cpu id to - hardware thread id mappings. - Format: <cpu>:<hwthread> - keep_bootcon [KNL] Do not unregister boot console at start. This is only useful for debugging when something happens in the window @@ -1766,6 +1762,17 @@ nohz Disable the tick when a single task runs. + + A residual 1Hz tick is offloaded to workqueues, which you + need to affine to housekeeping through the global + workqueue's affinity configured via the + /sys/devices/virtual/workqueue/cpumask sysfs file, or + by using the 'domain' flag described below. + + NOTE: by default the global workqueue runs on all CPUs, + so to protect individual CPUs the 'cpumask' file has to + be configured manually after bootup. + domain Isolate from the general SMP balancing and scheduling algorithms. Note that performing domain isolation this way @@ -2237,6 +2244,15 @@ The memory region may be marked as e820 type 12 (0xc) and is NVDIMM or ADR memory. + memmap=<size>%<offset>-<oldtype>+<newtype> + [KNL,ACPI] Convert memory within the specified region + from <oldtype> to <newtype>. If "-<oldtype>" is left + out, the whole region will be marked as <newtype>, + even if previously unavailable. If "+<newtype>" is left + out, matching memory will be removed. Types are + specified as e820 types, e.g., 1 = RAM, 2 = reserved, + 3 = ACPI, 12 = PRAM. + memory_corruption_check=0/1 [X86] Some BIOSes seem to corrupt the first 64k of memory when doing things like suspend/resume. |